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| Comedy Series 'Anseo' Begins Dublin Shoot | |
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Principal Photography commenced this week on the new a six part comedy series - 'Anseo', produced by Wildfire Films for TG4. more |
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| Linehan's 'IT Crowd' Wins BAFTA | |
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'Father Ted' co - creator Graham Linehan has picked up the BAFTA for his Channel 4 comedy 'The IT Crowd'. The show won in the Best Situation Comedy category at the TV Awards ceremony held in London. more |
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| Bil Keating Talks TV | |
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Producer and director Bil Keating talks to IFTN about the television training he oversees at The Bil Keating Centre, the now famous faces that have passed through its doors and lets us in on what he believes gets people ahead in the industry. more |
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| Murphy's 'Beyond the Fire' Named Best UK Feature | |
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Irish funded feature film 'Beyond the Fire' directed and scripted by Irish filmmaker Maeve Murphy has been awarded the top prize of Best UK Feature at the London Independent Cinema Awards. more |
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| 'Helen' At the IFI This Weekend | |
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The award winning film 'Helen' directed and written by Irish film makers Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy opens in the IFI on Friday 1st May. IFTN talks with Joe Lawlor on sharing the director's seat and why his work in other art forms has led to making films. more |
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- Hannah Montana: The Movie (Disney) - X Men Origins: Wolverine (Fox) - Hamlet 2 (Momentum Pictures) - Is Anybody There? (Element Pictures Distribution) - Helen (New Wave Films) more distribution information |
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- Carlsberg Cat Laughs Comedy Festival - Artistic Director - Ros na Rún - Production Designer - RTE - Commissioning Editor - Factual, RTE Television - Pat Egan Sound Ltd - PA / Admin assistant to Music Promoter - Good Company Productions Ltd - Offline Avid Editors get jobs/classifieds |
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| 'Boys of St Columb's' Doc Finishes Post | |
| New feature length documentary, 'The Boys of St Columb's', directed by Tom Collins (Kings) finishes editing this week. The film, which follows the return of remarkable group of boys who went to the school in Derry, is scheduled to screen at summer festivals as well as broadcasting on BBC on 15th August and then on RTE in October 5th. more | |
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| 'Eclipse' & 'Confession' Stir Tribeca Fest | |
| Having received its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday - Conor McPherson's 'The Eclipse', starring Aidan Quinn and Ciaran Hinds is said to be close to a sales deal with sales agent Submarine Entertainment. Short film 'The Confession' has also been selected to broadcast on the festival's web channel. more | |
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| Adare Launches New Irish Dance Show | |
| A new TG4 Irish dance show, produced by Adare Productions, is searching for the best Irish dancers in the country with filming of its thirteen episodes to commence on May 20th in RTE. more | |
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| International Distribution Deals for 'Lifeboat Luke' | |
| Straandlooper Animations, the co creators of the children's series 'Lifeboat Luke', is building on the success of recent international distribution deals of the show by developing plans across a range of multi-platforms including an interactive website and online shops. more | |
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| Mockumentary 'Fran' to Air on Setanta | |
| Snowluke Pictures and EMU Productions are in post production on their new comedy series 'Fran' which will premiere on Setanta Sports Ireland on Wednesday May 6th at 10pm. more | |
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| Irish participants at Equinoxe Screenwriting Workshop | |
| Two Irish screenwriters Abbie Spallen (Pumpgirl) James Phelan (Rasai na Gaillimhe) have been chosen as part of a group of ten European writers to attend the latest Equinoxe screenwriting workshop currently being held in Balestrand in Norway. more | |
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| IADT Student Team Clean Up at DARE2BDRINKAWARE | |
| A team of students from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) has swept the boards at the DARE2BDRINKAWARE Awards Ceremony held in The Digital Hub last night, with their film 'On The Cutting Room Floor'. more | |
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| Short Film News: 'Through the Night', 'Atlantic' & Daly's 'Hum' | |
| Rank Outsider are in post on 'Through the Night', Conor Ferguson's 'Atlantic' wins Grand Prix in Paris while Rebecca Daly has been selected as one of five finalists in the new round of the Berlinale Talent Campus. Cecilia McAllister's 'Missing Link' has won a Special Jury award at the Worldfest in Houston and 'Jill' a new short thriller has wrapped production in Co Galway. more | |
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| Shoreline Acquires Mahon's 'Strength & Honour' | |
| Shoreline Entertainment has picked up the worldwide rights to 'Strength And Honour', the debut feature written and directed by Mark Mahon, with sales for the film to get underway at the Cannes Film Festival next month. more | |
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- New Series & Doc Set for RTE
- Applications Open for ILBF Training Scheme - Production Depot Sees RED - Bobby CTV Posts 'Model Agent' - Piranha Bar 'Designs for Life' - The Element Post Gets 'Arty' - Storyland Round Two Opens - SOLAS Film Festival Seeks Shorts from Students |
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